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Also try the Gravel bike route Svaneke loop
Length: 47.7 km
Surface: approx. 86% gravel and 14% asphalt
Altitude difference: ↑ 280 ↓ 284
From Rytterknægten there is a descent that, among other things, hits the beautiful Krakvejen.
Here there is a view of Åkirkeby and the entire island of Sydøen. You can park your bike and walk to Dronningestenen at the sign there. At the end of the descent, you ride at the foot of the ridge, and then you climb over it, via the route’s first real climb. It goes straight north, over Segenvej and into the deep and slightly flatter northern forest areas.
The route turns east and you stay on that course until you reach the beautiful wetland Hagemyr. A good place for a break and some bird watching. The route continues east into Pedersker Plantager, and then returns towards Rytterknægten. On the way back towards Rytterknægten you can visit Bisonskoven (at a suitably subdued pace of course) which the route passes close by.
Before you reach the top of Rytterknægten, you pass the castle ruin Gamleborg from the Viking Age, which lies at the bottom of the last long climb to the top.
The route can be combined with the Svaneke gravel loop, for a real long trip.
At Bornholm's highest point – Rytterknægten – you will find the tower Kongemindet, which was built in 1856 in memory of Frederik VII and Countess Danner's visit a few years earlier. Read more here.
You can experience the European bison in the beautiful forest, Almindingen. Read more here.
The castle ruin Gamleborg on Bornholm is located on a difficult-to-access rocky outcrop on the edge of the Ekkodalen valley in Almindingen. Read more here.
